That was then…. 1958

Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group were in the charts with The Grand Coolie Dam and adverts in the magazines included Weetabix Perfect Flour; Bear Brand nylons; Playtex Trimline Girdle; Smedley’s cod fillets; Unox pork luncheon meat; Beecham’s Powders; Fry’s Crunch; Harmony hair colorant; Tide washing powder; Shippam’s minced chicken in jelly; and Twink home perm lotion.